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Desi News Corp - Desi News - April 2009 - Index

Which, Mohan says with the
nonchalance of the supremely
confident, she totally expected!
“Being at Sundance was
beautiful. Overwhelming. It
was the first time I got to watch
a film of mine on the big screen
and nothing can match that
feeling. After five screenings, with
the response it was generating
– people would stop me on
the street to say they loved it
– I pretty much took it for
granted that we would win!
“Anurag and Chris have
absolutely different styles of
working, and I loved being a
part of both their movies.”
I tell Mohan that I thought
Anurag Kashyap’s Black Friday
was a movie with a strong
message, but that I was unable
to wrap my head around his
No Smoking, and she laughs.
“Anurag is so creative, he
can do any type of movie. He
can do a realistic docudrama,
he can do a movie on student
protests, he can do anything.”
Asked to describe her character
in Gulal, she says she
plays a girl hardened by life.
“I play a strong character,
a complicated character with
many layers.”
Mohan enjoys playing the
guitar, watching films, making
home movies, listening to and
making music, but is not going
to have too much time in the near
future to indulge in any of these.
There’s the release of The
Pool coming up on the heels
of all the excitement over
Gulal. And she is also working
on a project that is close to
her heart which she hopes to
direct not too far in the future.
“Directing is my first passion,
but I am also open to
acting. I am going to take it
one day at a time.”
MEET
Sanjay
NAME Sanjay Moorjani. I’m not
sure if Sanjay means anything!
Our parents believe in a God
whose name begins with S, so
my sister and I have names beginning
with S. I like to think
of it as Sun ki jai – and now, of
course, as Jai ho! of Sun! AGE
36. CURRENTLY I work as an engineer.
I am also an actor, model
– you’ve seen me in ads for
Heart and Stroke Foundation –
writer, MC and judge for community
events and a radio show
host. FAVOURITE COLOUR White
FAVOURITE OUTFIT Jeans with a
white shirt. For formal, dressier
occasions, I like to go with traditional
desi wear. FAVOURITE
BOLLYWOOD STARS Amitabh
Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan
and Madhuri Dixit. FAVOURITE
HOLLYWOOD STARS Robin Williams
and Tom Hanks. FAV-
OURITE MOVIE Veer Zara FAV-
OURITE SINGERS Kishore Kumar
and Asha Bhosle. FAVOURITE
SONG Main hoon khush rang hina
from Hina. FAVOURITE TV SHOW
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa FAVOURITE ICE
CREAM FLAVOUR Chocolate!
FAVOURITE CUISINE Indian. I’m
a vegetarian by choice and love
baingan bharta and bhindi masala.
FAVOURITE RESTAURANT Kailash
Parbat in Mumbai. FAVOURITE
SPORTS I play cricket and love
to watch basketball. FAVOURITE
SPORTSPERSON Roger Federer
I HANG OUT With people in the
entertainment industry. I’M FREAKED
OUT BY Rats! I NEED To make it
in Bollywood! FAVOURITE AC-
TIVITY Watching movies. I WANT
TO Act in movies, be a part of
Bollywood! MY ROLE MODELS My
parents Ramesh and Kamla.
They have sacrificed everything
for my sister and myself and I
owe everything to them. TO SAVE
THE PLANET Stop wasting paper
and prevent the indiscriminate
cutting of trees. Walk! Or use
public transit whenever possible.
If you see anyone wasting electricity,
get them to stop – while
being courteous! Which can be
difficult! I walk around our office
switching off lights in
rooms that are not being used
or in conference rooms after a
meeting is over. With nicer weather
approaching, it sometimes gets
too hot in the office. So we have
people opening windows. I tell
them that instead of opening
windows, to talk to the person
in charge to lower the heat. Because
opening windows makes
the system work harder to generate
more heat. IN A PERFECT
WORLD There would peace and
no fighting based on religion.
Taking Earth Day to heart
“Walk!
Use public
transit
whenever
possible!”
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